Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

25 reviews

cc_shelflove's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was pretty good. Some parts were anticlimactic but at other times, I felt like I was in Grand Theft Auto racing for my life. It was definitely a crime novel unlike any I’ve read before. Can a criminal ever really change his ways? One thing’s for sure: he will always drive it like he fucking stole it. I think I would have liked this book even better if I were a boy—a lot of the car stuff went over my head. 🤣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol

emco_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Trafficking, and Death of parent

healingtothemax's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Not for the faint of heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

dtrain3000's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I was pretty surprised how much I liked this dark, gritty thriller.

Blacktop Wasteland touches upon race, crime, and identity all while wrapped in a plot about a high-stakes heist.

I really enjoyed watching the main character Beauregard's personal journey and struggling with the two sides of his identity. I also liked the way the author ended the book. It felt messy and realistic.

I would recommend if you're in need of a quick heist read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Murder

aharper's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

wirt's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Lord. What a book. The writing style is very straight forward and heavy on the similes, but it had a nice flow that kept the book going and going. It was a wild one for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

amcghig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Torture, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I loved Razorblade Tears and everyone said this was even better and they were right. I could not put this book down. I love this author’s style. He takes a fictional story filled with action and in every moment he can, throws in the reasons why life is this way for people deemed criminals or hardened or troublemakers. They are humanized as victims of the system and the cycles of poverty as well as having no support when times get tough. He tackles all the “isms” with hard hitting truth. Nothing is sugar coated and you take this ride with the knowledge that this is a reality and there is a real reason behind what happens in society today. I will definitely be reading anything this author writes in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

babeinlibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

jennneely82's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism